---
title: 'Aurat (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mehboob Khan'
released: '1940-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'British Raj'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/aurat-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032226/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Aurat (1940)

1940 · Drama · British Raj


## Synopsis

Aurat, also known by its English title Woman, is a 1940 Indian film directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Sardar Akhtar, Surendra, Yakub, Kanhaiyalal and Arun Kumar Ahuja. The film's music is by Anil Biswas and dialogue is by Wajahat Mirza. Mehboob Khan later remade this film as Mother India (1957), which is considered one of the biggest hits of all time in Indian Cinema.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mehboob Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mehboob-khan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anil Biswas](https://cinepixo.com/people/anil-biswas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Faredoon Irani](https://cinepixo.com/people/faredoon-irani)

## Cast

- [Sardar Akhtar](https://cinepixo.com/people/sardar-akhtar)

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